Los Angeles Harbor Finances

State Atty. Gen. Dan Lungren has issued an ultimatum to city officials in a two-year feud over Los Angeles port revenues: return a $20-million payment made by the Harbor Department last year or face a lawsuit. In a Feb. 15 letter to Michael Keeley, the city's chief operating officer, Lungren and Chief Assistant Atty. Gen. Roderick E.

Flying in the face of a state order, officials at the Los Angeles Port poured $20 million into city coffers last week to pay for municipal services performed on its property. The payment is the second $20-million transfer made by port officials, who said a private analysis of their finances had found that the Harbor Commission owed the city a total of $80 million in old and current fees for such services as parks construction on port property and police and fire protection.

Flying in the face of a state order, officials at the Los Angeles Port poured $20 million into city coffers last week to pay for municipal services performed on its property. The payment is the second $20-million transfer made by port officials, who said a private analysis of their finances had found that the Harbor Commission owed the city a total of $80 million in old and current fees for such services as parks construction on port property and police and fire protection.

State Atty. Gen. Dan Lungren has issued an ultimatum to city officials in a two-year feud over Los Angeles port revenues: return a $20-million payment made by the Harbor Department last year or face a lawsuit. In a Feb. 15 letter to Michael Keeley, the city's chief operating officer, Lungren and Chief Assistant Atty. Gen. Roderick E.